Unlike the Oscars, the Golden Globes combine the original and adapted screenplay categories. Though you wouldn’t know that this year: all five nominees are adaptations, including Simon Beaufoy's adaptation of the novel "Q&A" by Vikas Swarup into the screenplay for "Slumdog Millionaire." Four of these five scripters were nominated by the WGA last week ("The Reader" was snubbed in favor of "The Dark Knight").

Does this victory bode well for a "Slumdog Millionaire" victory as best drama picture? Over the last 12 years, the screenplay prize was won seven times by best-picture champs, five times by losers ("No Country for Old Men," "The Queen, "Traffic," "Good Will Hunting," "People vs. Larry Flynt").